Trivia / Paper Towns

The Book

• Defictionalization:
  • The nerdfighters have made real-life versions of many things in it, like go-fast bars and the shopping list, as partially documented in this VlogBrothers episode.
  • Also, Omnictionary was once made into a real website; it was a wiki for John Green and the activities and history of Nerdfighteria, although it's now disbanded.
• What Could Have Been: In the first draft, Q and the crew finally catches up to Margo in Kashmir (yes, that war-torn region in Asia), whereupon Margo is involved a freak earthquake. The end of the book features Q searching for her in the rubble.

The Film:

• California Doubling: The main characters live in Central Florida, but the movie was filmed in North Carolina.
• Fake American: Cara Delevingne plays the American Margot, but is British in real life.
• What Could Have Been:
  • There was a brief idea to have Ansel Elgort play Gus, Margo's security guard friend, as a nod to his role in The Fault in Our Stars, but it was thought it would be too confusing. Instead he plays Mason, the gas station clerk.
  • John Green revealed the existence of a very different early draft (which he described as "terrible") where Q's love interest was Lacey instead of Margo.

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